CVE-2026-97561

smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid

CVE-2026-97561 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97561, released October 2, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
11th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid When the administrator mounts with forceuid or forcegid (uid=/gid= mount options), they expect all files to appear owned by the specified user/group. However, several code paths unconditionally called sid_to_id() to overwrite cf_uid/cf_gid with server-provided values, ignoring the administrator's explicit override: - smb311_posix_info_to_fattr() (stat via POSIX extensions) - cifs_posix_to_fattr() (readdir via POSIX extensions) - parse_sec_desc() (CIFS ACL ownership mapping) This allowed an untrusted server to dictate local file ownership even when the mount was configured to force specific uid/gid values. Fix all three call sites to check CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID and CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID before calling sid_to_id(), following the same pattern already used by cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr() for unix extensions.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1.160000.2.29 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1.160000.2.29 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.115-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97561 Oct 2, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97561 Oct 2, 2026

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